Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01) not working correctly on Dell Inspiron 1564, even when using the bcmwl-kernel-source driver in Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Hello!!
Installed Ubuntu 10.04 and Ran Update Manager. The Wireless Driver is Installed and Active Yet Wireless Network is Disabled
I am Using Ubuntu10.04 on Dell Inspiron 1564. Soon after Installation I used The Update manager to update. After that I was Given a Message of Driver Available i.e. Proprietary Driver for my Wifi Card. I installed it it then Gave me a message to restart and so I restarted.
Now The Driver is installed and Active but Wireless Network is disabled. The installed Proprietary Driver is The package that contains Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driverfor use with Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, andBCM4322-based hardware.
I have also Tried Installing Windows Driver But It Did not help either and Since last night I have made three clean re-installations but its not helping anyway.
Previously I had a Problem that The Driver installed and active but had to be re installed after restart to make it work it was when the Linux Generic Kernel Image was version 2.6.32.22 and After many attempts Mr. Mark Rijckenberg on Launchpad advised me a reinstall and it was fixed after reinstall then came Kernel 2.6.32.23 and my Wifi Kept working Fine but now I see something is wrong either in new kernel i.e. 2.6.32.24 or in some new updates that now the Wireless Card is installed and active but wireless network is disabled and not even working on previous Linux Kernel 2.6.32.22 or 23.
For Detailed Hardware Configuration I am posting here a result of One Command that Mr. mark Previously Gave me to get the info.
The Relevant commands and its result (at this time) is as under while connected via LAN cable to my Network Router instead of Through Wi-fi.
sudo aptitude update; sudo aptitude install hwinfo grep; sudo aptitude remove ndiswrapper; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/
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*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: 70:1a:04:99:e7:c7
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:17 memory:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:26:b9:12:dd:92
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:32 ioport:
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth1 Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument
pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
lp
rtc
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0044] (rev 12)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:3b44] (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:3b4c] (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b09] (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b29] (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem [8086:3b32] (rev 06)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2d10] (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d12] (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d13] (rev 02)
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 413c:8160 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:641d Microdia
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
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/0 bus 08CNC9
/0/1 memory 117KiB BIOS
/0/5 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 330 @ 2.13GHz
/0/5/6 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/5/7 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/5/8 memory 3MiB L3 cache
/0/16 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/16/0 memory 2GiB SODIMM Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns)
/0/16/1 memory 2GiB SODIMM Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns)
/0/100 bridge Core Processor DRAM Controller
/0/100/2 display Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
/0/100/16 communication 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller
/0/100/1a bus 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
/0/100/1b multimedia 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio
/0/100/1c bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 eth1 network BCM4312 802.11b/g
/0/100/1c.5 bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6
/0/100/1c.5/0 eth0 network RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
/0/100/1d bus 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 250GB WDC WD2500BEVT-7
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 2047MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 45GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 40GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 145GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 30GiB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/6 /dev/sda6 volume 20GiB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/7 /dev/sda7 volume 20GiB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/8 /dev/sda8 volume 15GiB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/9 /dev/sda9 volume 20GiB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/a /dev/sda10 volume 40GiB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW AD-7700H
/0/100/1f.3 bus 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller
/0/100/1f.6 generic 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem
/0/101 bridge Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers
/0/102 bridge Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder
/0/103 bridge Core Processor QPI Link 0
/0/104 bridge Core Processor QPI Physical 0
/0/105 bridge Core Processor Reserved
/0/106 bridge Core Processor Reserved
/0/0 scsi4 storage
/0/0/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk SCSI Disk
/1 power SDI
/2 system
/3 power To Be Defined By O.E.M
Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-24-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul 5 09:20:59 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000f7280] f7280
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.871526] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: ACPI brightness control misses _BQC function
[ 0.884436] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.943481] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.952916] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 0.999137] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.999873] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 1.063450] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.083199] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.090602] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 1.090610] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.100239] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.242637] eth0: RTL8102e at 0xffffc90000674000, 00:26:b9:12:dd:92, XID 04e00000 IRQ 32
[ 1.534801] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.804467] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.018966] hub 1-1.1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.463628] usb-storage: device found at 5
[ 15.823969] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 15.926574] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: ACPI brightness control misses _BQC function
[ 15.962458] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Laptop_
[ 16.144508] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 16.149891] wl 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 16.149986] wl 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 16.531126] eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.60.48.36
[ 16.891097] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 18.576623] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 18.577287] ADDRCONF(
[ 31.173622] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 31.174023] ADDRCONF(
[ 42.063123] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 73.909058] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 83.631742] r8169: eth0: link up
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11 Access Point: Not-Associated
Link Quality:5 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0
pan0 no wireless extensions.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
22: PCI 300.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.318]
UDI: /org/freedeskto
Unique ID: JNkJ.reAAs+k0MA5
Parent ID: qTvu.FaF8B+KlM_8
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card"
Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
Device: pci 0x4315 "BCM4312 802.11b/g"
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
SubDevice: pci 0x000c "Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card"
Revision: 0x01
Driver: "wl"
Driver Modules: "wl"
Device File: eth1
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xf0400000-
IRQ: 17 (no events)
HW Address: 70:1a:04:99:e7:c7
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472
WLAN bitrates: 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 WEP256 WEP128 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: ssb is not active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: wl is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe wl"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)
23: PCI 400.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
UDI: /org/freedeskto
Unique ID: rBUF.pXk1FimKZ3B
Parent ID: HnsE.Nuo71ZHOa2C
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:04:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
Device: pci 0x8136 "RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
SubDevice: pci 0x0434
Revision: 0x02
Driver: "r8169"
Driver Modules: "r8169"
Device File: eth0
I/O Ports: 0x2000-0x2fff (rw)
Memory Range: 0xf0810000-
Memory Range: 0xf0800000-
Memory Range: 0xf0820000-
IRQ: 32 (21320 events)
HW Address: 00:26:b9:12:dd:92
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: r8169 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge)
* Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
salikmahmud@
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11 Access Point: Not-Associated
Link Quality:5 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0
pan0 no wireless extensions.
An Early Help Will be Greatly Appreciated Please
Regards
Salik Mahmud
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